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J. A. FAIRCHILD.

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APPLICATION FILED JULY 3,1914.

Patented June 15, 1915.

ATTORNEYS 1 l EYE S Fl@a JOSEPH ANTLEY FAIRCI-IILD, OE FOREST,MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR TO VIOLA VIRGINIA AN'ILEY, OF FOREST, MISSISSIPPI.

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Specification of'Letters Patent.

Patented June 15, 1915.

Application filed July 3, 1914. Serial No. 848,772.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josnrn A. FAIRCHILD, acitizen of the United States, residing at F orest,in the county of Scottand State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Improvement inOvens, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to stove ovens, and one of the principal objectsof the invention is to provide an oven having a number of slidingdrawers for receiving the baking receptacles, the drawers being soconstructed as to allow the circulation of heat throughout the oven, andbeing adapted to be individually withdrawn without disturbing theremaindenwhereby to allow access to the contents of any particulardrawer with the lossof a minimum amount of heat from the oven.

Another object of the invention is to provide an oven of the classdescribed which will be extremely simple, durable, efiicient inoperation and inexpensive to manufacture.

With these and other objects in view which will become apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the construction,combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully describedand claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which likecharacters of reference indicate like parts throughout the severalfigures, of which:

Figure 1 represents a front elevational view of an oven constructedaccording to my invention, portions being broken away to disclose theinterior of the oven. Fig. 2 represents an enlarged verticallongitudinal sectional view taken on the plane indicated by the line 2-2of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of one of thedrawers, portions being broken away.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the oven is open at. itsfront, and includes a top and bottom 5 and 6 respectively, sides 7 and aback 8. Although the oven is of a construction ordinarily utilized inoil stove ovens, itis to be understood that my invention is applicableto ovens in gas stoves, ranges, etc. Arranged on the inside of the ovenand secured to the side walls 7, are

irons are adapted to guide the. drawers as the latter are inserted orwithdrawn from the oven.

Each drawer comprises a frame work intransverse bars 12. The frames formthe bottoms of the drawers andwhile serving to support the bakingutensils allow of a free and uniform circulation of heat throughout theoven, so that the heat in the portion of the oven occupied by one drawerwill be equal to that occupied by the others.

The end bars 11 are extended laterally of sidebars 10 as at 13. Theseextensions 13 form engaging lugs adapted to slide in the channel irons9, whereby the drawers may be inserted and supported within the oven,and guided in their movement as will be readily understood. Each draweris provided with a rear wall 14 in the form of a plate, and a front wall15. This may be fiat or may be of the form illustrated in the drawing.The sides of the drawer are open, and to the front plate is secured aknob 16 by means of which the drawer may be manipulated.

The front and rear walls are supported by means of uprights 16 occurringat each corner of the frame work, and forming extensions of the sidebars 10. The uprights or standards are braced by means of the inclinedbars orextensions 17, which may be integral with the uprights as shownand connected in any suitable manner with the side bars 10. The frametogether with the cor ner braces may be formed in any suitable anddesirable manner.

In the embodiment shown end bars 11 are soldered or otherwise suitablyfastened to the frame at the junction points of bars 10 with theuprights 16. The rear walls 14 are of a width equal to the width of theframe and of a height equal to the height of the adjacent uprights 16.The front walls are.

slightly longer than the width of the frame, so that when in positionthe ends 18 of the front walls will engage against or abut the frontedges of'side wall 7 of the oven, to provide a snug fit. The width orheight of 'the front walls is such that when the cluding side bars 10,end cross bars 11, and I will also snugly fit against each other, sothat a closure will be formed which will vprevent escape of heat fromthe oven, except when the drawers are withdrawn.

By the structure set forth it will be evident that any individual drawermay be withdrawn without disturbing the remaining ones, and that insteadof the entire 010- sure of the oven being thrown open as is the caseinthe ordinary structure, only that portion of the'closure occupied by thefront wall of the drawer will be open. lhus only a minimum amount ofheat will escape and in this manner as near a uniform temperature aspossible will be maintained within the oven. This arrangement alsoeliminates to a great extent the very objectionable feature accruing tothe ovens of ordinary construction, which resides in the fact that uponthe opening of the oven door a great volume of heat is thrown directlyinto the face of the person. It will be understood of course that withmy oven the amount of heat liable to escape will be minimized and forthis reason this objection will be overcome to a great extent.

Although I'have described the preferred embodiment of my invention, Imay desire to make such changes in the construction, combination andarrangement of parts thereof as do not depart from the spirit of theinvention and the scope of the appended claim.

I claim The combination with an oven having an open front, of aplurality of drawers slidably disposed therein and being each formed ofan open framework whereby to provide for uninterrupted circulation ofheat throughout the oven, and a plurality of front walls provided onefor each drawer and adapted when the drawers are in closed position toform of themselves a closure for the oven, the ends of the front wallsoverhanging and abutting against the edges of the oven at its ends, andthe upper edge of the topmost front wall and the lower edge 7 of thelowermost front wall overhanging and engaging against the edges of theoven at the top and bottom of the latter.

JOSEPH ANTLEY FAIRCHILD. Witnesses:

' FRANK F. MIZE, W. A. GUYsE.

